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It was a Fowler’s toad, Anaxyrus fowleri, one of those humpy little spotted guys who live up and down the East Coast.

Biologists are looking for data on several seldom-seen reptiles and amphibians, such as the Fowler’s toad, eastern hognose snake, blue-spotted salamanders and others.

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission agreed last week to place the mudpuppy, Fowler’s toad, pickerel frog, Butler’s garter snake and smooth green snake on the list.

In the evenings along pond shorelines and even slow-moving rivers, the American toad produces a melodious trill, but the Fowler’s toad calls with a New York accent.

An adult male Fowler’s toad measures about two or three inches long, the female just a bit larger.